DUKE SUCKS LESS THAN UNC

One of the greatest rivalries in sports was renewed last night, but only one team showed up. North Carolina’s struggles continued last night as coach Mike Krzyzewski and Duke beat the Tar Heels in their own building last night, 64-54. It was an ugly game that saw both teams shoot no better than 35 percent from the field.

“I thought it was a gritty performance,” Krzyzewski said. “The ball was not going in and they blocked a lot of shots. … For us to keep up our defense and rebounding when the ball wasn’t going in the basket was a big thing.”

The Blue Devils had lost six of seven meetings during a stretch that seemed to signal a shift in power between the programs back to the light blue in Chapel Hill. North Carolina (13-11, 2-7) has won two national championships, including last year in Detroit, since Duke last went to a Final Four in 2004. –Y! Sports.

Duke and UNC will close out the season in Durham on March 6th, and then the ‘Heels will almost certainly have to win the ACC tournament to get into the field of 65. Roy Williams’ squad, one year after winning the whole thing. It’s conceivable that the ACC could send eight teams to the tournament–and UNC wouldn’t be one of them. Unreal.

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I’d love to know what odds you could have gotten in Vegas at the start of the season on UNC not making the tournament.

By: Rock Chalk Jayhawk

02.11.2010 @ 11:32 AM

“I don’t give a shit about North Carolina right now.”

By: Enrico Pallazzo

02.11.2010 @ 12:02 PM

Bring back Matt Doherty!

By: essequemodeia

02.11.2010 @ 12:49 PM

UNC had a shitty season back in 2005 because all of our talent graduated or left for the NBA and we had to deal with shitty freshmen like Hansbrough and Ty Lawson. Oh, but they matured and we won the national championship a few years later.

Man, the Duke basketball team is whiter than a Republican National Convention.

By: Jacob

02.22.2010 @ 3:39 PM

The comment about UNC coming back next year bcuz they did in 2005 is ridiculous. UNC had Ty Lawson, one of the best point guards they have ever had. Now, they have Larry Drew II, who by my estimations is one of the worst point guards they have ever seen. He sucks so bad. He may as well be on the other team as much as he turns the ball over. And who thinks Harrison Barnes is really going to turn the whole program around in one year? Nobody. UNC’s big men will leave early bcuz their guards suck so bad, and then they won’t have anything for a couple years. Roy Williams attitude and coaching style definitely isn’t helping UNC right now either